"Being in the US Navy and assigned to work on a submarine is not an easy life. For months, men live in a metal container deep under the ocean, along with explosives, flammable materials and, possibly, nuclear missiles. When America is at peace, there is the chance of a deadly accident. When at war, ships and aircraft hunt them down.

But they eat well.

In 2004, the book Submarine Cuisine was published after it was commissioned by the Submarine Research Center, US Naval Base Bangor, Washington. It covers submarine living back to WWII, with an emphasis on cooking. It also gives readers a chance to look into what it is like to work as a cook on a submarine and goes into detail about how food is loaded onto a sub, then stored and prepared. It even describes the meals that crews ate…."